In Mariupol, Olha survived together with her daughter, son, husband, and mum. She recalls how she came under the first shelling. How she learned about the murder of her colleague, a Russian language teacher. How she was looking for food for her cat. How she sorted medicines and waited for her son and husband to return when they went to fetch water or look for a connection.

"On 12 March, a bomb was dropped on our house. We were in the basement. I woke up around two o'clock. There is a plane above us. My husband, children, and I are lying on the floor. I want to dissolve so that I don't hear this terrible sound. A shell fell nearby. We were lucky. And at 04:05, a shell hit the second entrance. I was in a state of complete stupor. The house caught fire. We had half an hour to leave the house for good," said Olga, a resident of Mariupol.